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Bm 1000 prototype "BALAN"

Also known as:

Malaxa 1000

Vehicle type:

Diesel multiple unit - DMU

Registration country:

Romania

Railway companies:

CFR - Caile Ferate Române

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In service:

from 1937

Era:

II - IV

Built by:

Faur (23 August / Malaxa)

Gauge:

Standard gauge (1'435 mm)

Length over buffers (mm):

46'730 mm

Width (mm):

2'805 mm

Height (mm | over lowered pantograph):

3'500 mm

Minimum radius of curvature (m):

120 m

Tare weight (t):

85 t

Diesel engine:

2x Ganz-Jendrassik diesel engines

Transmission:

Mechanical transmission and Mylius gearbox

Power output (x'xxx kW / x'xxx hp):

220 hp
162 kW

Bogie wheelbase (mm):

3'950 mm*
*powered bogie
3'400 mm*
*support boggie

Maximum speed (km/h):

110 km/h
110 km/h

Braking system (vacuum brakes / air brakes / electropneumatic brakes / electronically controlled pneumatic brakes / electric brakes - tread (clasp) brakes / axle-mounted disk brakes / wheel-mounted disk brakes / dynamic brakes / regenerative brakes / rail brakes):

Knorr-Malaxa

Total number of seats (1st class seats / 2nd class seats / 3rd class seats / folding seats):

136x seats
136x

Air conditioning (yes / no):

yes

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1937

There are a total of 3x units from this series manufactured by Malaxa in 1937.

These units are delivered with a freon air conditioning system.

Between 1940 and 1944, 13x similar units are built with rounded, aerodynamic cabs, registered Malaxa 1007 - 1032.

1937

July 17

The inauguration takes place on July 17th, 1937, on the Bucharest - Constanta railway line. The journey took only two and a half hours with an average speed of 100 km/h and a maximum speed of 110 km/h. Richard Frasanovici, the then Minister of Communications, participated at the inauguration along with other officials, Malaxa representatives and representatives of the press.

The timetable for the service was:
M 97: Bucharest Nord 09h00 - Fetesti 10h32 - Constanta 11h25
M 98: Constanta 21.35 - Fetesti 22.30 - Bucharest Nord 00.00

The other units are used on the Bucharest - Brasov line (the voyage took 2 hours and 6 minutes with stops in Sinaia, Busteni and Predeal) and Bucharest - Ploiesti - Braila - Galati line.

Sources: https://bucurestibusiness.ro/primul-tren-de-viteza-din-tara-noastra-de-la-bucuresti-ajungea-la-constanta-in-numai-2-ore-si-jumatate-asta-in-1937/, https://trenuletz.forumgratuit.ro/t191p135-automotoare-clasa-78-malaxa

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